BLENHEIM UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£21m
+104.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,329,000 | £31,134,000 | £44,670,000 | +43.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,422,000 | £10,200,000 | £20,827,000 | +104.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,424,000 | £10,204,000 | £20,836,000 | +104.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,075,000 | £7,657,000 | £15,610,000 | +103.9% | |
| Cash | £174,000 | £68,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,689,000 | £13,373,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £9,491,000 | £13,148,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £9,491,000 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £9,900,000 | £10,173,000 | £10,755,000 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,582,000 | £1,700,000 | £1,732,000 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,000 | £56,000 | £74,000 | +32.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £322,000 | £338,000 | £340,000 | +0.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 32.8% | 46.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 24.6% | 34.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.7% | 76.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.3% | -20.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 6.44x | 7.78x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLENHEIM UNDERWRITING LIMITED 2017-02-01 → present
- BLENHEIM MANAGING AGENCY LIMITED 2016-06-28 → 2017-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the principal risks and uncertainties, expected future profitability, cash flows, and shareholder's equity, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months, and thus adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “The current situation in the Middle East is under review but as this stage there is a significant level of uncertainty to the effect on the Company or the Syndicate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLEY, Shirley Anne | Secretary | 2023-11-02 | — | — |
| CLARK, Christopher Norman | Director | 2018-12-14 | Apr 1958 | British |
| CURTIS, Kenneth Douglas | Director | 2024-02-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| DESTRO, Nicholas Joseph | Director | 2020-05-20 | Nov 1967 | British |
| HOLDER, Lawrence Albert | Director | 2017-03-07 | Oct 1959 | British |
| INGHAM, Sharon Julia | Director | 2020-10-02 | Dec 1979 | British |
| JAMES, David Charles | Director | 2025-10-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| LEONARD, Michael James | Director | 2018-11-07 | Sep 1969 | British |
| LYNCH, John Anthony | Director | 2016-09-21 | Jun 1965 | Irish |
| MIJATOVIC, Tessa Helen | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1985 | British |
| SCALES, Peter David | Director | 2016-09-21 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIJATOVIC, Tessa Helen | Secretary | 2017-02-22 | 2023-11-02 |
| DIXON, Paul John | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2020-09-30 |
| FELTON, Esther Ruth | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| GRAINGER, Derek Charles | Director | 2017-03-17 | 2023-09-01 |
| HAMBLIN, John Charles | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2024-03-31 |
| MINNS, Anthony Stirling | Director | 2017-10-19 | 2022-09-01 |
| STOATE, Matthew James | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2016-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Bear Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.